President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, promised not to interfere in the affairs of the legislative and judiciary arm of Government, even as he called the National Assembly to take action on pending bills.
The President stated this while speaking at a presidential dinner he hosted in honour of National Assembly members at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
“I hereby restate the commitment of this administration to observe the principles of separation of powers which defines and delineates the functions and powers of each arm of government.”
“Thus far, we in the executive have restricted ourselves to our constitutional roles. Therefore I, as the President, and we as the Executive arm of government, will not interfere in the functions, functioning and process of the Legislature nor the Judiciary.”
“In the same vein, I urge other arms of government to please appraise and ensure that each action it conceived and taken is in strict accord with its constitutionally limited powers.”
On his part, the Chairman of the National Assembly and President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, thanked the President for the dinner, saying that “it shows that our democracy has matured. We will request for more and more of this kind of interaction…”
Also present at the event were National Chairman, John Oyegun of the All Progressive Congress (APC), National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, former vice president, Atiku Abubakar and Segun Oni.
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